Re: [PATCH v2] brd: fix sleeping function called from invalid context in brd_insert_page()

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 10:17:00 EST



On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:28:28 +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> __xa_cmpxchg() is called with rcu_read_lock(), and it will allocate
> memory if necessary.
>
> Fix the problem by moving rcu_read_lock() after __xa_cmpxchg(), meanwhile,
> it still should be held before xa_unlock(), prevent returned page to be
> freed by concurrent discard.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] brd: fix sleeping function called from invalid context in brd_insert_page()
commit: 0d519bb0de3bf0ac9e6f401d4910fc119062d7be

Best regards,
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Jens Axboe